China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk

Taikonauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station used an AI model to prepare for a spacewalk. Chinese state media reports state the model arrived on the space station in mid-July and is based on an unidentified “homegrown open-source AI model.” Chinese company iFlytek, which makes open source AI models, offers a product named …

[Coen Dijkgraaf]

I'm sorry Wong, I'm afraid I can't do that

Here is hoping the AI doesn't go rogue

[DJV]

Re: I'm sorry Wong, I'm afraid I can't do that

Came here expecting a 2001 reference...

...was not disappointed.

[Headley_Grange]

"“Now this is going to be your first day out on a strange new planet,” continued Eddie’s new voice, “so I want you all wrapped up snug and warm, and no playing with any naughty bug-eyed monsters.”

[blu3b3rry]

With that many people wearing the spacesuit one after another I hope it's machine washable, or at the very least the inside can be wiped clean.

[Ken G]

I thought space suits and stations were inherently funky but it sounds like an upgrade over the one man suits of the past.

[DJV]

It's the simultaneous two-man suits that make me cringe at the thought!

[Ken G]

That's probably a mixed bag.